September 1st 2006 PDT
Aug. 31, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 06-305 NASA SELECTS ORION CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLE PRIME CONTRACTOR NASA selected Wednesday Lockheed Martin Corp., based in Bethesda, Md., as the prime contractor to design, develop, and build Orion, America's spacecraft for a new generation of explorers. Orion will be capable of transporting four crewmembers for lunar missions and later supporting crew transf ...Continue Reading
August 31st 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 30 August 2006. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA At the end of August 2006, late dry-season fires were burning in Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory and across the Kimberley Plateau in Western Australia. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13826 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 31 2006 (Posted on Aug 31 2006 1:23PM) FIRES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA In late August 2006, firefighters in northern California ...Continue Reading
August 31st 2006 PDT
Aug. 31, 2006 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/1726 Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4044 RELEASE: 06-306 NASA STUDY SOLVES OCEAN PLANT MYSTERY A NASA-sponsored study shows that by using a new technique, scientists can determine what limits the growth of ocean algae, or phytoplankton, and how this affects Earth's climate. Phytoplankton is a microscopic ocean plant and an important part of the ocean food chain. By knowing what limits its growth scientist ...Continue Reading
August 31st 2006 PDT
Strategic Space and Defense 2006 gathers again in Omaha *Strategic Space and Defense 2006 gathers again in Omaha* The Space Foundation and /Space News/ present *Strategic Space and Defense 2006* at the Qwest Center Omaha 10-12 Oct. The conference addresses the space-related and other key missions of the United States Strategic Command, its component and supported commands, and the contributions and leadership of the aerospace contractor ...Continue Reading
August 31st 2006 PDT
------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 NASA UPDATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Aug. 31, 1 p.m., auditorium NASA Administrator Michael Griffin will hold a NASA Update to discuss NASA¹s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services initiative, the upcoming Crew Exploration Vehicle (Orion) contract award, as well as our progress toward "return to assembly" for the International Space Station. The program is scheduled to run ...Continue Reading
August 30th 2006 PDT
The following sections were updated since 29 August 2006. -- STORM (2 updated events, 3 new images) -- SUPER TYPHOON IOKE Super Typhoon Ioke started as a tropical depression on August 19, 2006, and quickly became a tropical storm. Ioke was the first tropical storm to form in the central Pacific since 2002. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13822 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 29 2006 (Posted on Aug 30 2006 12:05PM) HURRICANE ERNESTO Hurricane Ernesto formed in the eastern Caribbean Sea on August 2 ...Continue Reading
August 30th 2006 PDT
Aug. 30, 2006 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/1726 Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 RELEASE: 06-300 NASA, NOAA DATA INDICATE OZONE LAYER IS RECOVERING A new study using NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data finds consistent evidence that Earth's ozone layer is on the mend. A team led by Eun-Su Yang of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, analyzed 25 years of independent ozone observations at different altit ...Continue Reading
August 30th 2006 PDT
SPACE.com Update for August 30, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|* *Space Business News* *August 30, 2006*  *TOP STORY* *posted: August 30, 2006 11:27 am EDT* *Mars Orbiter Ready to Begin Engine Burn*BOULDER, Colorado – Ground controllers are ready to perform a major m ...Continue Reading
August 30th 2006 PDT
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August 30th 2006 PDT
We would like to make our users aware of the following system down-time. PLANNED SYSTEM OUTAGE: PO.DAAC's GODAE High Resolution SST Pilot Project (GHRSST-PP) website: http://ghrsst.jpl.nasa.gov and all its associated data tools and services will be unavailable all day Friday, September 1st 2006, due to scheduled system maintenance activities. GHRSST-PP data can still be accessed from the public PO.DAAC FTP site: ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/GHRSST/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ...Continue Reading
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